"Let's compete. Just do as you say. Compare how to make poisons and how to detoxify them!"
Chen Xiaobao agreed without hesitation.
“Wow!”
The crowd watching inside Zhen Xinglinju was in an uproar. No one expected that Chen Xiaobao would actually agree.
"Testing the poison on himself, is this kid crazy?"
"These two are crazy!"
"If you want to talk to me, I'll just pour half a pound of arsenic into my body and see how you deal with it!"
"You definitely can't use arsenic. Will you go to jail if you win?"
"That's right. I think this round can better demonstrate medical skills. The medicine must be poisonous, but not too poisonous. It really tests your skills!"
The onlookers were talking about it, and most people were still more optimistic about Pei Jiuling, simply because Pei Jiuling was older, and as for Chinese medicine, the older you are, the more popular you will be.
"Okay, that's great!"
Pei Jiuling was slightly delighted. He pointed to a row of medicine cabinets at the back of the hall and said directly, "There are 200 commonly used Chinese medicine herbs and 37 uncommon herbs. I have them all here. When you need them, don't make excuses and say that I'm short of a certain herb!"
"Don't use your petty mind to fantasize about others. Let's start now. You are older, so you go first!" Chen Xiaobao waved his hand and said directly.
"Want to peek at me preparing medicine?" Pei Jiuling sneered and said in a deep voice, "When one person prepares medicine, the other person must be blindfolded!"
"The heart of a villain!"
Chen Xiaobao didn't argue with him and just covered his eyes.
After Pei Jiuling was sure that Chen Xiaobao couldn't see him, he quickly walked around the medicine cabinets, opened this medicine cabinet to take some medicine, opened that medicine cabinet to take some medicine, and took out one medicinal ingredient after another.
His disciples also stared at Tang Yigong, Tang Kexin and others vigilantly to prevent them from passing any information to Chen Xiaobao.
After a while, Pei Jiuling selected the medicinal herbs, wrapped them in yellow oil paper and put them aside.
"It's your turn!"
Pei Jiuling gestured to Chen Xiaobao to select herbs, then he took a black cloth and covered his own eyes. He didn't even bother to peek at Chen Xiaobao preparing the medicine. How could a mere junior prepare medicine comparable to his?
Chen Xiaobao didn't waste any time and also started to choose medicinal herbs. The herbs he chose were relatively simple, with only seven or eight kinds. After selecting them, he put them aside without even wrapping them in butter paper.
“Okay!”
Pei Jiuling took off the black cloth and took a quick glance. He knew what was going on. He was an expert in traditional Chinese medicine, and with just a glance he discovered the medicinal herbs used by Chen Xiaobao.
Croton, Tripterygium wilfordii, Clove, Patchouli, Pheretima japonica, and Earthworm peel. Do you think you can beat him with just these few things?
"Boil the medicine!"
Pei Jiuling held the oil paper bag to block Chen Xiaobao's sight, then quickly poured the herbs into the medicine pot, added warm water, and covered it with a lid.
Just wait for half an hour to boil and then you can take it.
Within half an hour, the medicinal properties will not be fully stimulated, which not only controls the toxicity but also saves time.
Chen Xiaobao did the same. He just threw the herbs into the warm water and started to boil them.
Half an hour later, two bowls of yellowish-brown Chinese medicine were placed in front of the two men, emitting a strong medicinal aroma.
The reporter from Jiangcheng TV station quickly moved the camera over, secretly calculating that the ratings for this episode would definitely be very high.
"Arsenic, scorpions, dried toads, earthworm skin, Gelsemium elegans, Pinellia ternata, Japanese cypress, oleander... Pei Jiuling, you are so cruel!"
Chen Xiaobao picked up the bowl and took a light sniff, and he could tell the names of most of the Chinese medicines in it.
Pei Jiuling's face changed slightly, and the crowd watching was shocked.
"You can tell the ingredients of this bowl of medicinal herbs just by smelling it. Isn't that amazing?"
"This is too pretentious, it must be fake, I don't believe that someone can know the composition of the medicinal materials just by smelling it!"
"Yes, many herbs have completely different flavors before and after cooking. It's impossible to be so accurate!"
"Yes, he must have guessed it!"
The onlookers were talking about it, and they all thought that Chen Xiaobao must have been guessing.
Even Pei Jiuling's disciples thought so. They looked at Chen Xiaobao with mockery, waiting for Pei Jiuling to slap them in the face.
But unexpectedly, Pei Jiuling's face changed drastically, with an expression of disbelief.
"You can actually smell it? No, how did you cheat?" Pei Jiuling stared at Chen Xiaobao with an excited look on his face, as if he wanted to find out how Chen Xiaobao cheated.
Even he couldn't smell the ingredients of a bowl of medicine just by sniffing it, so how could this kid possibly do it?
Did you really guess it right?
The crowd watching were almost shocked. They originally thought that Chen Xiaobao was just talking nonsense to show off, but they didn't expect that Chen Xiaobao was really awesome.
Isn’t this too awesome?
Even Tang Yigong, Zhang Lao and other famous traditional Chinese medicine masters in Jiangcheng were all shocked and confused. They were now completely convinced. Master Chen's medical skills were beyond their imagination.
"Pei Jiuling, stop talking nonsense and take the medicine!"
Chen Xiaobao smiled faintly, picked up the bowl and blew on it, then drank the bowl of poison clean in a few gulps.
Pei Jiuling hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth. Thinking of the types of medicines Chen Xiaobao had used, he could completely detoxify them in a targeted manner. He gritted his teeth, picked up the bowl, and drank all the poison that Chen Xiaobao had prepared.
The crowd watching felt their scalps tingling.
Wow, this is really like tying your head to your belt to compete.
Awesome!
The reporter from Jiangcheng TV shouted loudly, shaking with excitement. The TV station had already reported that the program's ratings had rarely exceeded 2.
Nowadays, not many people watch TV, and a viewership rating of 2 is already a rating that many popular TV series can achieve during prime time.
Even after the huge hit before the New Year, the ratings only broke 3, and that was only achieved during the prime time slot of 8pm.
This shows how many people watched this episode.
"Chen Xiaobao, don't be so complacent. Although thunder god vine is poisonous, I can still cure it!" Pei Jiuling sneered. Although croton and earthworm bark are also poisonous, their toxicity is not strong. They are mainly used to interfere with his judgment.
As for cloves, patchouli, etc., they are not only non-toxic, but also have slight detoxifying effects. These are just used to pass off as genuine products.
The medicine prescribed by Chen Xiaobao, except for the very tricky part, the rest is not important at all.
As long as he can detoxify the thunder god vine, he will definitely win.
After Pei Jiuling finished speaking, he immediately went to the counter, selected various medicinal materials, and began to prepare the antidote before the poison took effect.
"Thunder god vine hurts the stomach and intestines and is very poisonous. You can use honeysuckle, Panax notoginseng, Poria cocos, and Forsythia suspensa to cure it. If you can remove the poison of the thunder god vine, you will be 99% safe!"
Pei Jiuling was quick and agile, and without caring about anything else, he quickly prepared the medicine.
He knew very well that thunder god vine could cause severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Once the toxicity began to take effect, it would be too late. He had to act quickly.
But Chen Xiaobao was neither hurried nor slow. He just took out a silver needle and started disinfecting.
There was no rush to prepare the medicine, which made Tang Yigong, Tang Kexin, Zhang Lao and others extremely anxious.
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